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Welcome New Active Rain Member, Hilde Stapgens

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Great American Dream Realty

This is one of my (soon to be) three entries in this month's challenge, Ringing and Singing in the Rain. For my entry, I chose to profile and introduce Active Rain newbie, Hilde Stapgens

     

Hilde lives in Anchorage, Alaska and works as a mortgage rep for Residential Mortgage.  Hilde was born in Germany and moved to Alaska thirty years ago.  Like me, she is an amateur photographer and she loves Alaska for it's breathtaking scenery, wildlife, and it's pristine rivers and lakes.  Hilde says that Alaska is a very multi-cultutal area with almost everyone having emigrated there from somewhere else. She said that the largest influx of people come from Texas. She mentioned the very friendly environment and social infrastructure with Anchorage having the most diverse school district in the nation. She mentioned what an interesting place it is to live with it's blend of Alaskan native culture and modernity.

Hilde has been involved in mortgages since 1987. Her website is HomeLoansYouCanUSe.com

Hilde shares her home with her nine year old German Wirehaired Pointer, Player, and her one year old Kuvasz, Rosa. They compete in obedience, agility and dog shows and enjoy skijoring together.

Hilde says that business in her area was very good in 2015. She plans on using Active Rain as a tool to help grow her business in 2016. Her goal is to add five solid Realtor contacts into her referral network. She also plans on focusing more on first time home buyers and offering home buyer education classes. She will also be gearing her blog towards first time home buyer information and education.

Hilde can be reached at StapgensH@ResidentialMtg.com or at (888) 480-8877.

Please join me in giving a warm welcome to Hilde Stagpens as one of our newest members of Active Rain!

 

 

Comments (16)

Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

Welcome to ActiveRain, Hilde!

     Those great photos of Alaska make me want to move there.

Jan 24, 2016 11:09 AM
Lisa Friedman
Great American Dream Realty - Essex, VT
35 Years of Real Estate Experience!

It does look stunning! It is my dream to do a three week camping/hiking trip there and explore nature.

Jan 24, 2016 11:44 AM
Noah Seidenberg
Coldwell Banker - Evanston, IL
Chicagoland and Suburbs (800) 858-7917

Great photos Lisa, So nice of you to mention newer members.

Jan 24, 2016 01:07 PM
Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

The pictures are stunning! 

I'll stop by her blog to welcome Hilde in the Rain. 

thanks for sharing!

Jan 24, 2016 04:11 PM
Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

Seem, I'll need to come check to her later, since she did not even post yet:) 

I also talked this week to a new member who did not post anything:) 

Great contest!

Jan 24, 2016 04:13 PM
Sam Shueh
(408) 425-1601 - San Jose, CA
mba, cdpe, reopro, pe

Lisa Friedman 

Excellent introduction. I also suggest you resize the photos. The one with the pet top right was 217K but the rest are way bigger for even high speed internet.

Thanks

Sam

Jan 24, 2016 11:37 PM
Lisa Friedman
Great American Dream Realty - Essex, VT
35 Years of Real Estate Experience!

Thank you Sam Shueh . I will do this when I return to my laptop.  I appreciate you mentioning it.

Jan 25, 2016 01:13 AM
Hildegard (Hilde) Stapgens
Residential Mortgage NMLS ID 167729 - Anchorage, AK
CMB

Thank you, Lisa. A wonderful write-up. Love the photos you selected.

Jan 25, 2016 02:36 AM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

Lisa Friedman - My heart jumped with joy when I saw Hildegard (Hilde) Stapgens photos of her beautiful dog and homeland Alaska! I had a dog very similar in color and her name was Candy. She was such a gentle dog and a real lady too! This is a wonderful post from a great lady on AR about another member I haven't known about unti now! Thank you so much!!!

Jan 25, 2016 02:30 PM
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

hi Lisa, thank you so much for introducing Hilde, I will rush on over to her blog and subscribe right away.

Jan 25, 2016 02:52 PM
Robert Vegas Bob Swetz
Las Vegas, NV

Hello Lisa ... great plug towards Hilde, love the photos and your post has been featured to the group:

Activerain and Member (Plugs)

Jan 27, 2016 11:09 AM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Lisa, what a lovely post, and nice of you to present Hilde in Alaska.   Will need to check out her blog. 

Jan 27, 2016 10:35 PM
Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

What a wonderful introduction Lisa. So glad you are participating in the challenge and know Hilda was happy to hear from you.

Jan 28, 2016 09:24 AM
Nancy Robinson Ranked #6 in MI
Century 21 Town and Country - Royal Oak, MI
#11 Century21 Realtor in the US, #16 in the World

Great introduction and wonderful photos! Hilde looks like a kind lady and those doggies..  wow do they look beautiful!!

Jan 28, 2016 12:53 PM
Debra Leisek
Bay Realty,Inc Homer Alaska - Homer, AK

Nice Post! I know Hilde and her beautiful dogs...they have been in my office! I will have to check out her post I had no idea she had joined Active Rain... Whats that they say about not knowing  whats going on in my own backyard?

Feb 01, 2016 03:50 PM
Endre Barath, Jr.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties - Beverly Hills, CA
Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002

Totally missed this post hope you and Hilde have getting to know each other better, Endre

Jun 24, 2016 03:57 PM